(Editor). Margalioth Tovah [super-commentaries to Abraham ibn Ezra on the Pentateuch]

AUCTION 24 | Tuesday, June 29th, 2004 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Art and Holy Land Maps Including Ceremonial Art from the Collection of Daniel M. Friedenberg

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Lot 34

ASCHKENAZI, YEKUTHIEL

(Editor). Margalioth Tovah [super-commentaries to Abraham ibn Ezra on the Pentateuch]

FIRST EDITION. With commentaries: Ohel Yoseph, Mekor Chaim and Megilath Setarim (Motot). Astronomical plate at end (often lacking) ff.(4),156,(1). Lightly stained. Contemporary blind-tooled calf with central cartouche over wooden boards, rubbed and chipped. Tall folio Vinograd, Amsterdam 1192

Amsterdam: Isaac de Cordova 1722

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $1,200

FINE WIDE-MARGINED COPY. The editor states he gave this work the title Margalioth Tovah based upon the Midrash suggesting an exquisite pearl hung from the neck of the Biblical Abraham. He compares Abraham Ibn Ezra “in spirit” to the Abraham of the Bible